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1872
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From this reading We returned from Australia in the winter of 1872, and early in 1873 I took a house in Montagu Square,--in which I hope to live and hope to die.
1873
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From this reading We returned from Australia in the winter of 1872, and early in 1873 I took a house in Montagu Square,--in which I hope to live and hope to die.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading In what I have said at the end of the last chapter about my hunting, I have been carried a little in advance of the date at which I had arrived.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading In what I have said at the end of the last chapter about my hunting, I have been carried a little in advance of the date at which I had arrived.
advance
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From this reading In what I have said at the end of the last chapter about my hunting, I have been carried a little in advance of the date at which I had arrived.
also
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From this reading And this work, which was in itself great, entailed also the labour of a new catalogue.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _THE WAY WE LIVE NOW_ AND _THE PRIME MINISTER_--CONCLUSION.
arrived
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From this reading In what I have said at the end of the last chapter about my hunting, I have been carried a little in advance of the date at which I had arrived.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In what I have said at the end of the last chapter about my hunting, I have been carried a little in advance of the date at which I had arrived.
Australia
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From this reading We returned from Australia in the winter of 1872, and early in 1873 I took a house in Montagu Square,--in which I hope to live and hope to die.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading In what I have said at the end of the last chapter about my hunting, I have been carried a little in advance of the date at which I had arrived.
booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading Our first work in settling there was to place upon new shelves the books which I had collected round myself at Waltham.
carried
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From this reading In what I have said at the end of the last chapter about my hunting, I have been carried a little in advance of the date at which I had arrived.
catalogue
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From this reading And this work, which was in itself great, entailed also the labour of a new catalogue.
chapter
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From this reading In what I have said at the end of the last chapter about my hunting, I have been carried a little in advance of the date at which I had arrived.
collected
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From this reading Our first work in settling there was to place upon new shelves the books which I had collected round myself at Waltham.
CONCLUSION
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From this reading _THE WAY WE LIVE NOW_ AND _THE PRIME MINISTER_--CONCLUSION.
date
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From this reading In what I have said at the end of the last chapter about my hunting, I have been carried a little in advance of the date at which I had arrived.
die
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From this reading We returned from Australia in the winter of 1872, and early in 1873 I took a house in Montagu Square,--in which I hope to live and hope to die.
early
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From this reading We returned from Australia in the winter of 1872, and early in 1873 I took a house in Montagu Square,--in which I hope to live and hope to die.
end
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From this reading In what I have said at the end of the last chapter about my hunting, I have been carried a little in advance of the date at which I had arrived.
entailed
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From this reading And this work, which was in itself great, entailed also the labour of a new catalogue.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Our first work in settling there was to place upon new shelves the books which I had collected round myself at Waltham.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading We returned from Australia in the winter of 1872, and early in 1873 I took a house in Montagu Square,--in which I hope to live and hope to die.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And this work, which was in itself great, entailed also the labour of a new catalogue.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In what I have said at the end of the last chapter about my hunting, I have been carried a little in advance of the date at which I had arrived.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading In what I have said at the end of the last chapter about my hunting, I have been carried a little in advance of the date at which I had arrived.
hope
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From this reading We returned from Australia in the winter of 1872, and early in 1873 I took a house in Montagu Square,--in which I hope to live and hope to die.
house
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From this reading We returned from Australia in the winter of 1872, and early in 1873 I took a house in Montagu Square,--in which I hope to live and hope to die.
hunting
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From this reading In what I have said at the end of the last chapter about my hunting, I have been carried a little in advance of the date at which I had arrived.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading In what I have said at the end of the last chapter about my hunting, I have been carried a little in advance of the date at which I had arrived.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In what I have said at the end of the last chapter about my hunting, I have been carried a little in advance of the date at which I had arrived.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading And this work, which was in itself great, entailed also the labour of a new catalogue.
labour
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From this reading And this work, which was in itself great, entailed also the labour of a new catalogue.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In what I have said at the end of the last chapter about my hunting, I have been carried a little in advance of the date at which I had arrived.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In what I have said at the end of the last chapter about my hunting, I have been carried a little in advance of the date at which I had arrived.
LIVE
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From this reading _THE WAY WE LIVE NOW_ AND _THE PRIME MINISTER_--CONCLUSION.
MINISTER
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From this reading _THE WAY WE LIVE NOW_ AND _THE PRIME MINISTER_--CONCLUSION.
Montagu
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From this reading We returned from Australia in the winter of 1872, and early in 1873 I took a house in Montagu Square,--in which I hope to live and hope to die.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading In what I have said at the end of the last chapter about my hunting, I have been carried a little in advance of the date at which I had arrived.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading Our first work in settling there was to place upon new shelves the books which I had collected round myself at Waltham.
new
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From this reading Our first work in settling there was to place upon new shelves the books which I had collected round myself at Waltham.
NOW
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From this reading _THE WAY WE LIVE NOW_ AND _THE PRIME MINISTER_--CONCLUSION.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In what I have said at the end of the last chapter about my hunting, I have been carried a little in advance of the date at which I had arrived.
OurdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our first work in settling there was to place upon new shelves the books which I had collected round myself at Waltham.
place
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From this reading Our first work in settling there was to place upon new shelves the books which I had collected round myself at Waltham.
PRIME
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From this reading _THE WAY WE LIVE NOW_ AND _THE PRIME MINISTER_--CONCLUSION.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We returned from Australia in the winter of 1872, and early in 1873 I took a house in Montagu Square,--in which I hope to live and hope to die.
round
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From this reading Our first work in settling there was to place upon new shelves the books which I had collected round myself at Waltham.
said
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From this reading In what I have said at the end of the last chapter about my hunting, I have been carried a little in advance of the date at which I had arrived.
settling
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From this reading Our first work in settling there was to place upon new shelves the books which I had collected round myself at Waltham.
shelvesnounUS /ʃelvz/
Plural of shelf; the vast wooden or stone structures holding archives.
From this reading Our first work in settling there was to place upon new shelves the books which I had collected round myself at Waltham.
Square
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From this reading We returned from Australia in the winter of 1872, and early in 1873 I took a house in Montagu Square,--in which I hope to live and hope to die.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _THE WAY WE LIVE NOW_ AND _THE PRIME MINISTER_--CONCLUSION.
there
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From this reading Our first work in settling there was to place upon new shelves the books which I had collected round myself at Waltham.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And this work, which was in itself great, entailed also the labour of a new catalogue.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We returned from Australia in the winter of 1872, and early in 1873 I took a house in Montagu Square,--in which I hope to live and hope to die.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We returned from Australia in the winter of 1872, and early in 1873 I took a house in Montagu Square,--in which I hope to live and hope to die.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Our first work in settling there was to place upon new shelves the books which I had collected round myself at Waltham.
Waltham
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From this reading Our first work in settling there was to place upon new shelves the books which I had collected round myself at Waltham.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Our first work in settling there was to place upon new shelves the books which I had collected round myself at Waltham.
WAY
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From this reading _THE WAY WE LIVE NOW_ AND _THE PRIME MINISTER_--CONCLUSION.
WEpronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading _THE WAY WE LIVE NOW_ AND _THE PRIME MINISTER_--CONCLUSION.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading In what I have said at the end of the last chapter about my hunting, I have been carried a little in advance of the date at which I had arrived.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading In what I have said at the end of the last chapter about my hunting, I have been carried a little in advance of the date at which I had arrived.
winter
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From this reading We returned from Australia in the winter of 1872, and early in 1873 I took a house in Montagu Square,--in which I hope to live and hope to die.
work
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From this reading Our first work in settling there was to place upon new shelves the books which I had collected round myself at Waltham.
